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Flash Support Confirmed For Android 2.2

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-it's-so-much-easier-to-just-write-a-rant dept.

farble1670 writes "In an interview with the New York Times, Google's Andy Rubin confirmed that Android 2.2 will have support for Flash 10.1. Quoting: '[Rubin] promised that full support for Adobe’s Flash standard was coming in the next version of Android, code-named Froyo, for frozen yogurt (previous Android releases were called Cupcake, Donut, and Eclair, and are represented outside Building 44 on the Google campus with giant sculptures of the desserts). Sometimes being open "means not being militant about the things consumers are actually enjoying," he said.'"

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  1. Re:thats nice but by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Informative

    This isn't the iPhone. There are other options available.

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  2. Re:Maybe good... maybe bad by sonicmerlin · · Score: 3, Informative

    I recommend you read arstechnica's rebuttal of Steve Jobs's claims. Pot, meet kettle indeed. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-response-to-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars

  3. Re:thats nice but by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 4, Informative

    But can you install them on any Android phone? Which I think is what he was after.

    If you can flash the device, then yes, you can install them on any phone. It's a replacement of the OS.

    There are websites that tell you how to get in to the various rom-flash modes for each phone.

    A lot of the stuff they are doing, though, can be done with apps (including tethering for almost all devices and carriers), so I'm not sure what the point is, really. They do have kernel tweaks, but I'm not sure they're worth it.

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  4. You can already disable Flash on Android 1.5.... by GameGod0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm thrilled that I'm able to use whatever software I want on Android. The problem is, I don't actually want Flash - I just wanted the ability to decide for myself.

    So, that's great that you will be supporting it, but please let me turn it off or uninstall it from my phone.

    Thanks.

    I'm not sure why this keeps coming up, since nobody that ever replies clearly has ever owned an Android phone. My HTC Hero, which supports Flash 7 out-of-the-box, has an option in its browser to disable plugins.

    You have the option to disable Flash on your Android phone right now, and it's FUD to keep suggesting that you won't be able to disable it again in the future.